Elizabeth+Morris

SUMMARY: Elizabeth Morris died in 1855 after an abortion

Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, superintendent of a sewing-machine factory, got pregnant in 1855 during an adulterous liaison during a business trip to Washington. She arranged for an abortion, which killed her.

She was described in the //New York Daily Times// as a woman “of pleasing address and comely appearance” who “fell victim to the wiles of some heartless seducer."

Source: Ralph Frasca, //Legacy of Ignorance: Abortion and Journalism in the Early Republic//

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